Given all the contention with the Google vs. China war, there’s a lot to be lost: Google can lose an estimated $300 million to $600 million if it pulls out of the country, China’s image can be further tarnished on the human-rights front. At least one company will benefit tremendously from this conflict, and it is the search-engine giant in China: Baidu Inc.
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BY SHAHZAD CHAUDHARY– MEDILL NEWS SERVICE
A friend of mine obtained an early release of Windows 7. Overall he’s satisfied with it. There are some compatibility issues, he reports, but that’s to be expected on an early release.
One of the differences he noticed in Windows 7 was an improvement in [...]
BY SHAHZAD CHAUDHARY– MEDILL NEWS SERVICE
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. announced the release of a slimmer version of the PlayStation 3 on Tuesday that will be available in stores Sept. 1st. The slimmer PS3 will have a 120 GB hard drive and will cost $299.
With the introduction of this new product, Sony also announced [...]
BY KELLEN M. HENRY– MEDILL NEWS SERVICE
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency isn’t sure whether General Motors’ triple digit mileage claims will meet the road for its Chevrolet Volt when it is released next year.
The ailing automaker announced Tuesday following a viral marketing campaign that its forthcoming plug-in car will have an estimated fuel [...]
BY SHAHZAD CHAUDHARY – MEDILL REPORTS
I first noticed these signs a couple of days ago when I was driving West on Chicago’s I-290: giant billboards promoting Google’s ‘Apps at work.’ Google has launched a massive campaign to promote its business applications (Google Docs, G-mail, Spreadsheet, Presentation) with its cross-hairs set right on Microsoft.
Every day, for one [...]
BY SHAHZAD CHAUDHARY– MEDILL NEWS SERVICE
Sony this week announced its answer to the Kindle — the Sony Reader Pocket Edition — and a late August launch date. Sony will be offering a 5-inch-screen pocket edition for $199 and a larger edition for $299. The larger edition, when compared with Amazon’s Kindle, is [...]
The highly anticipated deal between Microsoft and Yahoo drew opposite reactions from their share holders.
BY YEWON KANG – MEDILL NEWS SERVICE
The market’s decision on the highly anticipated deal between Microsoft Corp. [[MSFT]] and Yahoo! Inc. [[YHOO]], announced early Wednesday? Microsoft, the winner, and Yahoo the loser.
Microsoft’s shares closed up 33 cents, or [...]
Bing raised Microsoft’s search market share to 6.5 percent while overall search market shares in June fell by 1.7 percent. (Source: Compete Inc.)
BY YEWON KANG – MEDILL NEWS SERVICE
Microsoft Corp.’s shares slipped 7 percent after its worse-than-expected earnings release on Thursday.
Net Income in the fiscal fourth [...]
BY SHAHZAD CHAUDHARY – MEDILL NEWS SERVICE
There’s a lot of buzz going around currently about the newly announced Google Chrome OS rivaling Microsoft’s successful Windows operating system.
According to a Google blogpost, Google Chrome OS will be a light weight OS that will ‘initially be targeted at netbooks’, which means if Google [...]
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